Derived from a lung squamous cell carcinoma of a 72 year old Caucasian male. The B-lymphoblastoid cell line AGLCL (ECACC catalogue no. 89120566) was derived from the same patient. Cells grow as large swollen aggregates, which will detach and eventually grow in suspension. This line is EBV transformed.

This line was initiated in 1972 by D.J. Giard, et al. through explant culture of lung carcinomatous tissue from a 58-year-old Caucasian male. Cells were described to induce tumors in athmyic mice and to synthesize lecithin.